The CHOC Heart Institute brings hope to children with heart disease and their families, providing state of the art diagnosis and treatment for an entire spectrum of cardiac conditions in newborns to adolescents. The CHOC Heart Institute treats virtually all known forms of congenital and acquired heart disease and we are the only regional facility to perform neonatal and pediatric open heart surgery. CHOC has assembled a multi-disciplinary team who are specially trained in the management of infants and children with congenital heart defects.

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Why Come to CHOC CHOC physicians, patients and their families talk about how CHOC provides expert pediatric care. Includes stories from our Heart, Neuroscience, Cancer and Critical Care programs.

Dr. Chang - CHOC Children's Heart Institute - LEAPS Dr. Anthony Chang, Medical Director of the CHOC Childrens Heart Institute discusses Life-threatening Events Associated with Pediatric Patients in Sports (LEAPS) and the increase of sudden cardiac death in young athletes in O.C. and around the nation.

Heart Defects - Dr. Faustino Ramos, CHOC Children's Heart Institute In this segment from American Health Journal, Pediatric Cardiologist Dr. Faustino Ramos describes the types of heart defects and what interventions are available.

Pediatric Cardiology - Dr. John Cleary In this segment from American Health Journal, Dr. John Cleary discusses modern developments in pediatric cardiology.